UT buildings will be without heated water or air for eight days, according to a notice from Facilities Services. From June 4 through June 12, the campus Steam Plant will be shut down to “conduct maintenance and make repairs at the Steam Plant and across the steam distribution system,” accord…
Chancellor Donde Plowman met with the UT Advisory Board on Friday morning to approve the proposed $1.7 billion operating budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year. The budget is $193 million higher than the original 2022 budget, which represents a 12.6% increase for next year.
Over 50 students peaceably assembled on the lawn outside of the Humanities and Social Sciences building at noon on Wednesday. It was declared a “sit-in” in protest of a drafted Supreme Court opinion that was leaked on May 2, which if left unchanged would overturn 1973’s decision Roe v. Wade.
On Sunday, a group of independently organized students marched in a loop from the amphitheater at the center of campus to the Rock and back in protest of the leaked Supreme Court opinion which, if unchanged, would overturn Roe v. Wade and could trigger a ban on abortion in the state of Tennessee.
In an interview with Daily Beacon staff writer Kaitlyn Pilcher, UT junior Sophie Nauta spoke about the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) at UTK, her involvement with the organization and how it can help with students’ future careers in the medical field.
The Spring 2022 Research Seminar Series ended Tuesday with a final presentation that featured Laura DeFurio, Erin Darby and Katie Wiley, each representing either undergraduate research or career development. During this meeting, these women highlighted skills that one can gain through underg…
On the evening of April 22, the plaza of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building was packed with students honoring Earth Day. The Earth Day Festival was held from 7-10 p.m. for students to come together and enjoy the beautiful day while enjoying music, free food, free plants and a fashion show.
Rachel Stewart, a junior in the Haslam Scholars Program, has been selected as a 2022 Truman Scholar. Stewart is one of 58 students across 53 different universities to receive the prestigious award.
On Tuesday evening, Don Hazel, columnist and president of the Tennessee Bluebird Society and the Fairfield Glade Fly Fishing Club, presented a lecture over Zoom on the 32 different species of snakes that are located in Tennessee. The event was hosted by the UT Arboretum Society.
In 1973, the state of Oregon decriminalized cannabis — also known as marijuana — signifying the beginning of a fight for total legalization throughout the United States. Many states, following this action, began to decriminalize marijuana, and this has ultimately led to its legalization in m…
Depending on who you ask, many people might say that the University of Tennessee is considered a party school, whether it’s our location, our size, our status as an SEC school or for some other reason.
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon signed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 into effect. According to the United States Department of Justice, the purpose of Title IX reads as follows:
Socializing as a college student can be a great way to relax and meet others. However, it can sometimes be difficult to navigate the college-party atmosphere safely. 11% of women and 6% of men have fallen victim to drink spiking, and this number continues to grow each year.
The Campus Events Board welcomed Jeff Corwin to campus on Tuesday night to share his knowledge of the great outdoors and inspire people from all walks of life to take part in conservation efforts.
UT Gardens presented their annual Spring Spectacular Plant Sale, the largest of the year, on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. This sale included an overflow of herbs, edible plants, native plants, perennials and annuals for sun and shade, house plants, trees and shrubs.
Relay for Life is an event that is held each spring on campus by the student organization VOLS Against Cancer in partnership with the American Cancer Society. The relay this year will take place Sunday, April 10 at 2 p.m, in the Student Union Plaza.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and various UT organizations have made plans to recognize the annual event. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), 13% of college students will experience sexual violence, and students between the ages of 18-24, regardless…
The Howard Baker Center for Public Policy hosted UT professor Louis Gross, director of The Institute for Environmental Modeling (TIEM) and director emeritus of the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), for a lecture on climate change and behavioral modeling …
Sustainability is something that is vital to our environment and for our own well-being. It can be difficult to do as a college student, especially because some efforts can get expensive. But, here are some things that we all can do to try and promote a better living environment as well as t…
With the start of April, Earth Day is fast approaching — a day created to bring awareness to environmental protection, sustainability and humankind’s impact on the planet. While UTK has several programs dedicated to sustainability, other universities in the SEC are environmentally conscious …
For years now, every UT dorm room has been equipped with a recycling bin. If you’re ever looking for a trash can on campus, it’s almost more likely that you’ll find a recycling bin.
As the weather warms up in Knoxville and the flowers begin blooming around campus, pollinators are bound to follow. Here are just a few local pollinators you can find in Knoxville along with a handful of ideas about how you can help these critters do their jobs.
Each year, Earth Day inspires people to become involved in sustainability initiatives, but these inspirations can be quickly lost as the day ends and celebrations cease. Behind the scenes, however, student organizations such as Students Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville (SPEAK) are…
University of Tennessee facility services bought 200 additional recycling bins for a primetime Volunteers football game against Brigham Young (BYU) in 2019.
Every so often, climate activists come to campus to hand out flyers from the California-based Factory Farming Awareness Coalition (FFAC) which detail how, by switching to a vegan diet, one person could save 219,000 gallons of water, 1,533 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions and the lives of a…
For those who are unsure of where to get their next meal, food4VOLS provides free, ready to heat and eat meals at the Big Orange Pantry.
Environmental sustainability is a more prevalent topic than ever as companies and establishments work to create more sustainable initiatives. With the state of climate change worsening, it is no surprise that people want to see more change in the fight against climate change.
The Department of Psychology hosted Melanie Brewster, associate professor of counseling psychology at Columbia University, to give a lecture entitled “Atheists in America: The Marginalization (and Privilege) of a Growing Minority Group" on Friday afternoon in the Austin Peay Building.
The Pride Center hosted a series of events this past week to celebrate Trans Week of Visibility on campus. International Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) is on March 31 and celebrates trans individuals and acknowledges their struggles and the discrimination they have faced.
On Thursday evening, Jonathan Haidt, Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at the NYU Stern School of Business, delivered the 2022 Baker Distinguished Lecture before a large audience in the Student Union Auditorium. It was the first time Haidt had traveled to deliver an in-person lec…
Aerospace engineer, business strategist and educational influencer Camille Calibeo returned to her alma mater Monday evening to speak with students and faculty about her experience in the field. The event was attended by professors and students from all across campus with an interest in the …
The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture hosted a unique movie screening for its “Night at The Museum” event on Friday, March 25. While the main event of the evening was a screening of the 2006 film by the same name, the McClung Student Advisory Board had lots more planned for the a…
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The Student Health Center has been holding vaccine clinics during the pandemic, offering easy access for students to get vaccines, COVID testing and other resources that they may need. One of the recent vaccine clinics was held in the Haslam College of Business.
Exactly two years ago, Chancellor Donde Plowman sent an email to UT students announcing that they would not return to campus after spring break because of the COVID-19 outbreak. That same day, March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that COVID-19 was a pandemic.
On Thursday afternoon, award-winning poets Natalie Diaz and Saretta Morgan joined a symposium for UT ecologists, activists and literature-lovers titled “Just Environments: Rivers and Waterways” as part of the UT Humanities Center Black Ecologies Week.
As part of the Humanities Center’s Black Ecologies Week, UT hosted a live recording of the “Black in Appalachia” podcast in the Student Union on Wednesday morning. Co-hosts Enkeshi El-Amin and Pumpkin Starr examined issues of environmental justice, specifically in West Virginia, by interview…
In recent years, the seasons have started to blend together in several areas because of rapidly changing weather conditions. As many may know from personal experience, East Tennessee has always had rapidly changing weather conditions — especially during spring and fall — but these changes ha…
During the last week of February, the CDC outlined new guidelines based on the risk levels in each state stating that most Americans living in medium or low risk areas can take a break from masks. On Thursday, the CDC said that 90% of Americans live in areas where masks should be optional.
In an email to students, staff and faculty Friday morning, Chancellor Donde Plowman said UT would update its COVID-19 guidelines to reflect the CDC’s downgrading of Knox County to a medium COVID-19 community level.
The annual Wilma Dykeman Stokely Lecture, named for the Appalachian writer, was held Thursday evening, featuring author Kathleen Dean Moore and WUOT’s Chrissy Keuper. The lecture was held for an hour, including introductions, Moore’s lecture and a question and answer session from Keuper.
On Tuesday evening, the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy hosted a public panel entitled “What to Know about the Russia-Ukraine Crisis," featuring UT faculty familiar with issues surrounding Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine.
On Tuesday Feb. 22, journalist Michael Specter visited UT to host a lecture on the importance of science in an opinion-based society.
As students search for ways to cope with mental health problems, Student Government Association (SGA) senators are working on an initiative for UT to partner with the mindfulness app Headspace, following in the footsteps of schools like Georgia Tech and Boston University.
Getting into medical school isn’t easy, and those on the pre-med track are among some of the students with the most difficult coursework. The pandemic that has been on-going for almost three years, hasn’t made it any easier either. From studying for classes and the Medical College Admission …
Anming Hu, an associate professor in Tickle College of Engineering's Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, has been reinstated to his tenured faculty position after a years-long legal struggle concerning federal charges of wire fraud and making false statements, cha…
The conviction has struck United Campus Workers (UCW), as it has every semester since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly two years ago, that the university should be doing more to keep its employees safe.
While we are always glad to have a break from nonstop work and stress, we must all return to it eventually as college students. With this return, something else that arrives yet again is the post-holiday blues.
After nearly two months away for the holidays, merely thinking about returning to school can prompt unwanted levels of stress. Words like “studying,” “homework” and “exams” sound off alarms and make us wish we could return to a time when those things seemed so far away.
When Chancellor Donde Plowman released an announcement on Jan. 7 detailing the university’s COVID-19 policies for the spring semester, there was no mention of any mask or vaccine mandates on campus.
As we’ve come to know life according to COVID-19, a new semester means a new round of pandemic concerns. The omicron variant is quickly on the rise in the US, with a daily average of about 13,000 cases in Tennessee. Knoxville itself has made some adjustments in terms of access to testing and…
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Controlled Chaos is a story about Tennessee rugby star Josh Shetler and the struggles he has been through. Between school, COVID-19, injuries, and homelessness Josh overcame these challenges and led his team to win a championship title.
